Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1887-07-09
BUFFALO BILL II THE WILD WEST.

'.y'c' was bofn IN February. i H..
III tine Stale of Iowa. need not 20 in.
to details respecting NV family. and
can .-mi~> my youth bri.hg bv saving
that when | was not on horse | was
just being thrown or one. | soon b.
camr a pretty smart rider. and INV
practice with a gln was pretty rood
too. wa, l. years Old when killed
my first Indan. a. happened rather
sudden. | wa~ walking ont b. the
river, near Fort kearnev. one night
about 10 o'clock. ly companions had
got on ahead somehow. and was gurte
alone, when looking up toward the
hluf bordering the river | saw. IL
Illuminated by the moon. the head and
shoulders of = live Indian. watching
. M with evident interest. Now | had
heard many stories ii tire redIueu. ani
Had also been icculcatci wiki Il
thorough dj~trust OF their way. ,o.
+ quickly coming to 4 conclusion as to
what | should do. brought nv -uu to
my shoulder, and aiming at the head,
fired. The report sounded louder taau
usual in the silence o. the might. for 10
WAS past lO o'cIocE. and wa> followed
Uy a war whOOp such - could only he
+ built mp hy an lntiau. and the next
instant over ~iN feet of dead Indian
came down splash into the river.
Soon after tn, went to bu, ness
took to the plains. and n the employ
mant of Mes>r, Russell Y Simpson
soon learned thn inns and outs OF the
wild life led with hor>.~ and cattle
driving teams riding express ponies.
and getting TO know the iaui Among
other things. | somehow fOIuI oUt how
To hunt bulfiloc-. a sport second to
none. il yOU know how shall never
forget tine faces OF five officers | met on
the parIrlc once, now many Years agD.
They were after 4 heard Of bu.ta,or~.
So WAS /. We exchanged views /
gave them my ideas. the, -lve ma their
sympathy. You don { expect 30 catch
butfalor> with that gothic >teed. SAID
they.
81 am going to try. | said
u
the captain. lit wants 4 fast horse to
oyertlke buffalo"
Does it"' | responded.
Yes. bat YOU can come with us if
YOU ike.
And did like There were eleven
buaaoes ia tine herd. and. while the
othccrs rode S'raigh5 at chem. headed
the leaders. and got up to them with
ease. The horse which my compau on
had been chatting wa, the famous Br -
ham. who knew aS much about the
sport as did; he speed ly did his part
OF tn" business. A few jumps brought
us up 10 the herd. Raising .Lucretia
BOrgia. my trusty weapon. | aimed
at the first animal. fired and broug ght
him down. Brigham. like the ideal an
imal that he WAS. carried me rapidly
up to the next brute. not ten feet away;
and. when had dropped him. bounded
on to the next. and 50 on. until had
slain the whole eleven animals. and
then my horse stODpeI / diSuOunted
to regard my work with feeling of
shortly, and shall never forget their
expression as they surveyed the work
Of five minutes lying around
My horse Brigham was an sxception-
ally intelligent brute. He took the
keeneSt delight in sport and invariably
TOOK pains To Il me in getting game.
All he expected of me was TO do tine
shooting. The rest was his work. He
would always stop if the buffalo did not
fall at the first shot. so Is to give me
second chance; but If | dit not bring
him down then, he would 90 on dis
gusted.
1t was in 1867 that the Kansas Pacific
track was in the buffalo country. and
the company was employing over
twelve hundred men in the making OF
the road. The Indians were very
troublesome, and it was not ALWAYS
easy to get sufficient supplies of fresh
meat for the men. 1t was about this
time that MessrS. Goddard. the CON
tractors to tue constructors. made me
4 handsome offer. provided | would
to hunt for them. They re-
CURED twelve butfalOes per diem. The
work was somewhat dangerous owing
to the Indians, but the terms were hand
some - 5000 per month. I took the
offer, and in less than eighteen months.
during which time my engagement /
lasted. l killed 1850 buflalocs single /
handed, and hal many Scrimmages
with the Indians. and hairbrcadth /
escapes. 1t was during this period of |
nv career that | had nv celebrated F.
match with Billy Com
stock, the noted scout, then at Fort I
Wallace. The terms were settled az
fellow: We were to hunt one day of /
eight hours, from A. NJ to p VI. /
The stakes were $500 a side. and the ,
man who killed the most bufflloes was .
TO be declared the winner. The contest /
took place twenty miles east from Sheri- .
dan, and many thousand people came .
from all parts TO see the sport. We /
were fortunate in finding animals. aud /
had plenty of sport. We made three .
runs each, and X He'd sixt,-nine butia- .
.oeS. my rival being content with forty .
,iX. Not bad days work. day .
which Is an historical one for me. in
asmuch as since then | have invariably .
been referred to in all parts of the civil .
lied world as Buffalo Is II.
have now come to that point IN nv .
life when events. which in this case did .
not cast their shadows before, brought
about an entire change in the routine
If nv career. a point which may be
said TO close the first volume Of NV his
.Orv. [ feel, therefore, that this j, an
appropriate moment at which to break
)ff this narrative. the more especially
Us the numerous claims on INV time aud .
attention. social as well as imperative,
'ender it no easy matter for me to st